Psalms 95
1 Come, sing to Yahweh; sing joyfully to the one who protects us [MET] and saves us!
Come, let us make a joyful noise to Yahweh, Let us shout in triumph, to the rock of our salvation!
2 We should thank him as we come before him, and sing (joyful songs/joyfully) as we praise him.
O let us come before his face with thanksgiving, With the sounds of strings, let us shout aloud to him.
3 Because Yahweh is the great God, he is a great king [who rules] over all [other] gods.
For, a great GOD, is Yahweh, And a great king, above all gods.
4 He rules over the whole earth, from the deepest places/caves to the highest mountains.
In whose hand, are the hidden recesses of the earth, And, the peaks of the mountains, are his;
5 The seas are his, because he made them. He is [also] the one who [SYN] formed/made the dry land.
Whose, is the sea, for, he, made it, And, the dry land, his hands, did form.
6 We should come, worship, and bow down before him. We should kneel before Yahweh, the one who made us.
Enter! let us bow down, and bend low, Let us kneel, before Yahweh our maker;
7 He is our God, and we are the people whom he takes care of [MET]; like sheep [that a shepherd] takes care of. Today, listen to what Yahweh is saying to you.
For, he, is our God, And, we, are the people of his pasture, and the flock of his hand? To-day, if, to his voice, ye will hearken,
8 He says, “Do not become stubborn [IDM] like [your ancestors] did at Meribah, and like [they did] at Massah in the desert.
Do not harden your heart as at Meribah, As on the day of Massah, in the desert;
9 There your ancestors (wanted to see/tried to determine) if they could do many very evil things [without my punishing them]. Even though they had seen me perform [many] miracles, they tested whether I [would continue to be patient with them].
When your fathers, tested me, They proved me, yea they also saw what I could do.
10 For 40 years I was angry with those people, and I said, ‘Those people say that they want to please me, but they do things that I detest. They refuse to obey my commands.’
Forty years, loathed I that generation, So I said—A people going astray in heart, they are, Even they, have not known my ways!
11 So because I was very angry, I solemnly said/declared about them: ‘They will never enter [the land of Canaan] where I would have allowed them to rest!’”
And I sware in mine anger, —Verily they shall not enter into my rest.
